CN105191577A - Fruit picking and pruning integrated device - Google Patents
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The invention discloses a fruit picking and pruning integrated device. A fixed limiting piece is fixedly arranged on the upper portion in a supporting pipe. Two ports of the supporting pipe are sealed by an upper end cover and a lower end cover correspondingly. A lower blade in a pruning assembly is fixed to the top face of the upper end cover through a first fixing rod. An upper blade is arranged above the lower blade and fixed to the upper end of a second fixing rod. The upper end of a pull rope is fixed to the lower end of the second fixing rod. The lower end of the pull rope penetrates through a through hole in the center of the lower end cover to be connected with a control handle in a combined mode. Two fruit picking assemblies are symmetrically arranged on the two sides of the pruning assembly. The lower end of a vertical section of an arch rod is coaxially fixed to the upper end of a screw. The lower portion of the screw is in threaded connection with a nut. A bag opening of a fruit picking bag is sewn to the arch rod. The upper end of a vertical section of a Z-shaped rod is coaxially fixed to the lower end of a third fixing rod. The fruit picking and pruning integrated device integrates the pruning function and the fruit picking function, and one fruit picking assembly is selected according to site conditions to be matched with the pruning assembly.
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Technical field
The invention belongs to agriculture apparatus, particularly relate to a kind of fruit picking and beta pruning integrated device.
Background technology
Beta pruning and fruit picking are two important steps of agricultural production, special hand-bill is had to carry out beta pruning at present, also special fruit picker is had to carry out fruit picking, the common shortcoming of these two kinds of gadgeies is function singleness, hand-bill does not have fruit picking function, and fruit picker does not possess pruning function, so just can not accomplish general.In addition, existing fruit picker can only one side fruit picking, uses very inconvenient, and operation is not smoothly yet.
Summary of the invention
Technical problem to be solved by this invention is to provide one to have beta pruning and fruit picking function concurrently, and fruit picking easy to use and beta pruning integrated device.
Technical scheme of the present invention is as follows: a kind of fruit picking and beta pruning integrated device, it is characterized in that: comprise stay pipe (1), beta pruning assembly and fruit picking assembly, top wherein in stay pipe (1) is installed with a fixing banking stop (2), and two ports of this stay pipe are closed by the upper end cover (3) of correspondence and bottom end cover (4) respectively;
Described beta pruning assembly comprises bottom knife (5) and stay cord (11), wherein bottom knife (5) is fixed on described upper end cover (3) end face by first dead lever (6), be provided with a cutter (7) above this bottom knife, these two blades can near or away from; Described cutter (7) is fixed on the second dead lever (8) upper end, the bottom of this second dead lever is square department, and this square department is slidably matched with the square opening of described upper end cover (3) and fixing banking stop (2) center simultaneously; The second dead lever (8) between described fixing banking stop (2) and upper end cover (3) is set with movable banking stop (9) and the first return spring (10), and movable banking stop (9) is solidly set on the second dead lever (8); Described stay cord (11) upper end and the second dead lever (8) lower end are fixed, this stay cord lower end is through after the via hole of described bottom end cover (4) center, combine with joystick and be connected, described stay cord (11) can be pulled downwards when operator controls joystick combination, thus drive cutter (7) near bottom knife (5);
Described fruit picking component count has two, these two fruit picking assembly symmetries are located at beta pruning assembly both sides, each fruit picking assembly comprises the 3rd dead lever (12), arch bar (15) and Z-shaped bar (18), wherein the 3rd dead lever (12) middle part is through the via hole on described fixing banking stop (2) and movable banking stop (9), and two ends of the 3rd dead lever are located in the upper corresponding via hole of described upper and lower end cap (3,4) respectively; Described 3rd dead lever (12) upper end is coaxially fixed with a nut (13), and the 3rd dead lever (12) between this nut and described upper end cover (3) is set with second return spring (14); Vertical section lower end and screw rod (16) upper end of described arch bar (15) are coaxially fixed, this screw rod bottom is threaded with described nut (13), a sack of fruit picking bag (30) is enclosed within arch bar (15) outside, and being sewn on arch bar (15), another sack of this fruit picking bag is tightened by jag (17);
Upper end and the 3rd dead lever (12) lower end of the upper vertical section of described Z-shaped bar (18) are coaxially fixed, the upper vertical section of this Z-shaped bar is located in the endoporus of positioning sleeve (19) simultaneously, and the axial line of the upper vertical section axial line of Z-shaped bar (18) and positioning sleeve (19) is on same straight line; Described positioning sleeve (19) upper surface and bottom end cover (4) bottom surface are fixed, the lower surface of this positioning sleeve is circumferentially evenly equipped with 4 detents (19a), and the horizontal segment of described Z-shaped bar (18) can snap in this detent; When the horizontal segment of described Z-shaped bar (18) snaps in one of them detent (19a), the opening of described arch bar (15) is just to upper and lower blade (7,5).
Before fruit picking, make the opening of arch bar (15) in one of them fruit picking assembly just to upper and lower blade (7,5), and in another fruit picking assembly, the opening of arch bar (15) stagger upper and lower blade (7,5); During fruit picking, first by the opening sleeve of one of them arch bar (15) need adopt under fruit outside, again the branch that this fruit grows is snapped between cutter (7) and bottom knife (5), then combined by joystick and pull stay cord (11) downwards, thus make cutter (7) near bottom knife (5), to be cut off by branch, and then fruit is made to fall in fruit picking bag (30); After fruit in fruit picking bag (30) is filled, jag (17) can be untied, to collect the fruit in fruit picking bag (30).As for which fruit picking assembly of use coordinate with beta pruning assembly, then use which fruit picking assembly conveniently to determine according to field condition, so just significantly can improve the convenience of fruit picking.
When needing beta pruning, then two arch bars (15) are unloaded, at this moment only use beta pruning assembly, convenient and swift, laborsaving.
Adopt above technical scheme, the present invention integrates beta pruning and fruit picking function, and one of them fruit picking assembly can be selected arbitrarily to coordinate with beta pruning assembly according to field condition during fruit picking, fruit picking and beta pruning are all very convenient, quick and laborsaving, and be easy between beta pruning and fruit picking function switch, thus overcome the defect of prior art well, and structure of the present invention is simple, easy to implement.
As preferably, described joystick combination comprises handlebar (20) and directive wheel (23), wherein handlebar (20) is made up of tilting section and vertical section, wherein tilting section upper end is connected with vertical section lower end, and this vertical section upper end and described bottom end cover (4) bottom surface are fixed; It is hinged with swing arm (22) one end that bearing pin (21) is passed through in the tilting section of described handlebar (20) and vertical section junction, this swing arm can rotate around bearing pin (21), and near or away from the tilting section of handlebar (20), and swing arm (22) middle part is fixed with described stay cord (11) lower end; The mount pad of described directive wheel (23) is arranged on the bottom surface of bottom end cover (4), and described stay cord (11) bottom contacts with the periphery of this directive wheel.
Adopt above design, not only can pull downwards stay cord (11) easily, simple, convenient and laborsaving, and stay cord (11) can not contact with bottom end cover (4) because of directive wheel (23), thus ensure that the service life of stay cord (11).Certainly, under the prerequisite that content with funtion requires, the joystick of other versions can also be adopted to combine, be not limited to the structure described in this case.
For the ease of connecting, described upper end cover (3) and bottom end cover (4) are threaded with stay pipe (1) respectively.
In order to ensure to pull the second dead lever (8) straight down, when preventing the second dead lever (8) from moving down, clamping stagnation occurs, the center of described stay cord (11) upper end and the second dead lever (8) bottom surface is fixed.
Beneficial effect: the present invention integrates beta pruning and fruit picking function, and one of them fruit picking assembly can be selected arbitrarily to coordinate with beta pruning assembly according to field condition during fruit picking, fruit picking and beta pruning are all very convenient, quick and laborsaving, and be easy between beta pruning and fruit picking function switch, thus overcome the defect of prior art well, and structure of the present invention is simple, easy to implement.
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Fig. 1 is structural representation of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is the schematic diagram of upper end cover in Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is the schematic diagram of screw rod and arch bar in Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 is the A direction view of Fig. 3.
Fig. 5 be in Fig. 1 on positioning sleeve detent schematic diagram is set.
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Below in conjunction with drawings and Examples, the invention will be further described:
As Fig. 1--shown in 5, a kind of fruit picking and beta pruning integrated device, primarily of formations such as stay pipe 1, beta pruning assembly and fruit picking assemblies.Wherein, stay pipe 1 is steel pipe, and the top in this stay pipe 1 is installed with a fixing banking stop 2, and the center line of banking stop 2 overlaps with the axial line of stay pipe 1.Two ports of stay pipe 1 are closed by the upper end cover 3 of correspondence and bottom end cover 4 respectively, and upper end cover 3 and bottom end cover 4 are threaded with stay pipe 1 respectively.
Beta pruning assembly is formed primarily of the combination of bottom knife 5, first dead lever 6, cutter 7, second dead lever 8, movable banking stop 9, first return spring 10, stay cord 11 and joystick.Wherein, bottom knife 5 is fixed on the end face of upper end cover 3 by first dead lever 6, and the top of this bottom knife 5 is provided with a cutter 7, these two blades can near or away from.Cutter 7 is fixed on the second dead lever 8 upper end, and cutter 7 and bottom knife 5 can adopt screw to fix with corresponding dead lever 6, and other structures also can be adopted to be connected.The bottom of the second dead lever 8 is square department, and the square department of the second dead lever 8 is slidably matched with the square opening of upper end cover 3 and fixing banking stop 2 center simultaneously, rotates while so just preventing the second dead lever 8 from moving down.Fixing the second dead lever 8 between banking stop 2 and upper end cover 3 is set with movable banking stop 9 and the first return spring 10, and movable banking stop 9 is solidly set on the second dead lever 8.In the present case, fit respectively at movable banking stop 9 and fixing banking stop 2 in the two ends of the first return spring 10, thus drive the second dead lever 8 moves reset.Stay cord 11 is nonelastic, also can adopt steel cable during use.Stay cord 11 upper end and the second dead lever 8 lower end are fixed, and the center of stay cord 11 upper end and the second dead lever 8 bottom surface is fixed.Stay cord 11 lower end, through after the via hole of bottom end cover 4 center, is combined with joystick and is connected, and can pull described stay cord 11 downwards when operator controls joystick combination, thus drives cutter 7 near bottom knife 5.
Joystick combination is formed primarily of handlebar 20, bearing pin 21, swing arm 22 and directive wheel 23.Wherein, handlebar 20 is made up of tilting section and vertical section, and wherein tilting section upper end is connected with vertical section lower end, and this vertical section upper end and described bottom end cover 4 bottom surface are fixed.The tilting section of handlebar 20 and vertical section junction joins by bearing pin 21 and swing arm 22 one end, and this swing arm 22 can rotate around bearing pin 21, and close or away from the tilting section of handlebar 20.Fix with stay cord 11 lower end in the middle part of swing arm 22, the other end of this swing arm 22 is unsettled.The mount pad of directive wheel 23 is arranged on the bottom surface of bottom end cover 4, and stay cord 11 bottom contacts with the periphery of this directive wheel, and the effect of directive wheel 23 prevents stay cord 11 from contacting with bottom end cover 4, thus extends the service life of stay cord 11.
As Fig. 1--shown in 5, fruit picking component count has two, and these two fruit picking assembly symmetries are located at the both sides of beta pruning assembly.Each fruit picking assembly is formed primarily of the 3rd dead lever 12, nut 13, second return spring 14, arch bar 15, screw rod 16, jag 17, Z-shaped bar 18 and positioning sleeve 19.Wherein, through the via hole on fixing banking stop 2 and movable banking stop 9 in the middle part of the 3rd dead lever 12, two ends of the 3rd dead lever 12 are located in via hole corresponding on upper end cover 3 and bottom end cover 4 respectively.3rd dead lever 12 upper end is coaxially fixed with a nut 13, the 3rd dead lever 12 between this nut 13 and upper end cover 3 is set with second return spring 14, and the end face that the two ends of this second return spring 14 are relative with upper end cover 3 with nut 13 is fitted.Arch bar 15 is made up of vertical section and semi-circular section, and be the opening of arch bar 15 between these two sections, fruit passes through from this opening part, and then enters in fruit picking bag 30.Vertical section lower end and screw rod 16 upper end of arch bar 15 are coaxially fixed, and the bottom of this screw rod 16 is threaded with nut 13.Fruit picking bag 30 is preferably cloth bag, so just can avoid fruit of damaging.A sack of fruit picking bag 30 is enclosed within outside arch bar 15, and is sewn on arch bar 15, and another sack of this fruit picking bag 30 is tightened by jag 17.When needing the fruit in fruit picking bag 30 to take out, jag 17 is taken off.During beta pruning, arch bar 15 can be unloaded down from nut 13, in order to avoid arch bar 15 interferes.
Described Z-shaped bar 18 is made up of upper vertical section, by-level section and lower vertical section, upper end and the 3rd dead lever 12 lower end of wherein going up vertical section are coaxially fixed, the upper vertical section of this Z-shaped bar 18 is located in the endoporus of positioning sleeve 19 simultaneously, and the axial line of the upper vertical section axial line of Z-shaped bar 18 and positioning sleeve 19 is on same straight line.Positioning sleeve 19 upper surface and bottom end cover 4 bottom surface are fixed, and the lower surface of this positioning sleeve 19 is circumferentially evenly equipped with 4 detent 19a, and the horizontal segment of Z-shaped bar 18 can snap in 19a in this detent; When the horizontal segment of Z-shaped bar 18 snaps in one of them detent 19a, the opening of arch bar 15 is just to cutter 7 and bottom knife 5.When needing rotation arch bar 15, first pull Z-shaped bar 18 downwards, Z-shaped bar 18 is thrown off with detent 19a, unclamps Z-shaped bar 18 after adjusting to the right place, this Z-shaped bar 18, under the effect of the second return spring 14, snaps in corresponding detent 19a, and location reliably, accurately.During fruit picking, the opening direction of arch bar 15 can be adjusted as required, so that fruit picking.Further, arch bar 15 opening of one of them fruit picking assembly is only had during fruit picking just to cutter 7 and bottom knife 5, cutter 7 and bottom knife 5 and arch bar 15 opening of another one fruit picking assembly staggers.
The foregoing is only preferred embodiment of the present invention, is not restriction with the present invention, and all any amendments done within the spirit and principles in the present invention, equivalent replacement and improvement etc., all should be included within protection scope of the present invention.
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1. a fruit picking and beta pruning integrated device, it is characterized in that: comprise stay pipe (1), beta pruning assembly and fruit picking assembly, top wherein in stay pipe (1) is installed with a fixing banking stop (2), and two ports of this stay pipe are closed by the upper end cover (3) of correspondence and bottom end cover (4) respectively;
Described beta pruning assembly comprises bottom knife (5) and stay cord (11), wherein bottom knife (5) is fixed on described upper end cover (3) end face by first dead lever (6), be provided with a cutter (7) above this bottom knife, these two blades can near or away from; Described cutter (7) is fixed on the second dead lever (8) upper end, the bottom of this second dead lever is square department, and this square department is slidably matched with the square opening of described upper end cover (3) and fixing banking stop (2) center simultaneously; The second dead lever (8) between described fixing banking stop (2) and upper end cover (3) is set with movable banking stop (9) and the first return spring (10), and movable banking stop (9) is solidly set on the second dead lever (8); Described stay cord (11) upper end and the second dead lever (8) lower end are fixed, this stay cord lower end is through after the via hole of described bottom end cover (4) center, combine with joystick and be connected, described stay cord (11) can be pulled downwards when operator controls joystick combination, thus drive cutter (7) near bottom knife (5);
Described fruit picking component count has two, these two fruit picking assembly symmetries are located at beta pruning assembly both sides, each fruit picking assembly comprises the 3rd dead lever (12), arch bar (15) and Z-shaped bar (18), wherein the 3rd dead lever (12) middle part is through the via hole on described fixing banking stop (2) and movable banking stop (9), and two ends of the 3rd dead lever are located in the upper corresponding via hole of described upper and lower end cap (3,4) respectively; Described 3rd dead lever (12) upper end is coaxially fixed with a nut (13), and the 3rd dead lever (12) between this nut and described upper end cover (3) is set with second return spring (14); Vertical section lower end and screw rod (16) upper end of described arch bar (15) are coaxially fixed, this screw rod bottom is threaded with described nut (13), a sack of fruit picking bag (30) is enclosed within arch bar (15) outside, and being sewn on arch bar (15), another sack of this fruit picking bag is tightened by jag (17);
Upper end and the 3rd dead lever (12) lower end of the upper vertical section of described Z-shaped bar (18) are coaxially fixed, the upper vertical section of this Z-shaped bar is located in the endoporus of positioning sleeve (19) simultaneously, and the axial line of the upper vertical section axial line of Z-shaped bar (18) and positioning sleeve (19) is on same straight line; Described positioning sleeve (19) upper surface and bottom end cover (4) bottom surface are fixed, the lower surface of this positioning sleeve is circumferentially evenly equipped with 4 detents (19a), and the horizontal segment of described Z-shaped bar (18) can snap in this detent; When the horizontal segment of described Z-shaped bar (18) snaps in one of them detent (19a), the opening of described arch bar (15) is just to upper and lower blade (7,5).
2. fruit picking according to claim 1 and beta pruning integrated device, it is characterized in that: described joystick combination comprises handlebar (20) and directive wheel (23), wherein handlebar (20) is made up of tilting section and vertical section, wherein tilting section upper end is connected with vertical section lower end, and this vertical section upper end and described bottom end cover (4) bottom surface are fixed; The tilting section of described handlebar (20) and vertical section junction are joined by bearing pin (21) and swing arm (22) one end, this swing arm can rotate around bearing pin (21), and near or away from the tilting section of handlebar (20), and swing arm (22) middle part is fixed with described stay cord (11) lower end; The mount pad of described directive wheel (23) is arranged on the bottom surface of bottom end cover (4), and described stay cord (11) bottom contacts with the periphery of this directive wheel.
3. fruit picking according to claim 1 and beta pruning integrated device, is characterized in that: described upper end cover (3) and bottom end cover (4) are threaded with stay pipe (1) respectively.
4. fruit picking according to claim 1 and beta pruning integrated device, is characterized in that: the center of described stay cord (11) upper end and the second dead lever (8) bottom surface is fixed.
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